University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego[a] (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California, United States. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is the southernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California, and offers over 200 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, enrolling 33,096 undergraduate and 9,872 graduate students. The university occupies 2,178 acres (881 ha) near the coast of the Pacific Ocean, with the main campus resting on approximately 1,152 acres (466 ha).[12]
"UCSD" redirects here. For other uses, see UCSD (disambiguation).
UC San Diego consists of twelve undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools as well as eight undergraduate residential colleges.[13][14] The university operates 19 organized research units as well as eight School of Medicine research units, 6 research centers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and 2 multi-campus initiatives.[15] UC San Diego is also closely affiliated with several regional research centers, such as the Salk Institute, the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, and the Scripps Research Institute.
UC San Diego is considered a Public Ivy. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[16] UC San Diego faculty, researchers, and alumni have won 27 Nobel Prizes as well as 3 Fields Medals, 8 National Medals of Science, 8 MacArthur Fellowships, and 3 Pulitzer Prizes.[17][18][19][20][21] Additionally, of the current faculty, 29 have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering,[18] 70 to the National Academy of Sciences,[22] 45 to the Institute of Medicine and 110 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[17]
Angela Davis
American professor known for her political activism, establishment of the Critical Resistance, and speeches on social justice (MA, Philosophy)
Kuan Chung-ming
Taiwanese Former Minister of the National Development Council and the Council for Economic Planning and Development, Professor of Finance at National Taiwan University (PhD, Economics)
Mike Judge
Primetime Emmy Award winner and creator of Beavis and Butt-Head, King of the Hill, and Silicon Valley (BS, Physics)
Billy Beane
President of the Oakland Athletics, former professional MLB athlete, and known for his depiction in Moneyball (BA, Economics)
Craig Venter
Professor of Genomics at Buffalo known for sequencing the second human genome, contributing to the Human Genome Project, and establishing The Institute for Genomic Research (BS & PhD, Biomedical Sciences)
Khaled Hosseini
Physician known for setting forth medicine in Afghanistan for the George W. Bush administration, the United Nations, and production of novels such as The Kite Runner (MD, Medicine)
Nick Woodman
Founder and chief executive officer of GoPro, Former investor in Shark Tank, and known for his philanthropy within the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (BA, Visual Arts)
Susumu Tonegawa
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, Founder of the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT, Former director of the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (PhD, Biology)
David J. Peterson
American language creator, writer, and artist, who has constructed languages for television and movies such as Thor: The Dark World, Doctor Strange, and the Dothraki and Valyrian languages for the television series Game of Thrones. (MA, Linguistics)
Benicio Del Toro
Actor known for his roles in Traffic, 21 Grams, Sicario, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (did not graduate)
